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TWITTER: @MSchaub8

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Atlanta Falcons in the third round (90th pick overall) of 2004 NFL draft...signed by Falcons on July 28, 2004...traded by Falcons to Houston Texans on March 22, 2007...placed on injured reserve on Nov. 23, 2011.

HONORS:
AFC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 14, 2008; Week 2, 2009, Week 6, 2010)
Pro Bowl Selection (2010)
Pro Bowl MVP (2010)
FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week (Week 2, 2010)
Selected to 2013 Pro Bowl

CAREER:
Has started 64 games with the Texans and has thrown for 16,903 yards, 92 touchdowns and 52 interceptions in five years as a starter
Career totals include 17,936 passing yards, 98 touchdowns and 58 interceptions with a career passer rating of 92.2
Owns the Texans career record with 23 300-yard games, including eight in 2009, seven in 2010 and two in 2011
Holds the franchise record for career passer rating, with a mark of 94.0 since joining the club
One of 12 NFL quarterbacks with back-to-back 4,000-yard passing seasons and one of six to throw for a combined 9,000 yards in consecutive seasons (2009-10)
Starting quarterback of the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl, where he earned MVP honors after completeing 13-of-17 passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns in a 41-34 win for the AFC

2011 (Houston 10/10):
Named one of the offensive captains for the 2011 season
Completed 17-of-24 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown vs. Indianapolis (9/11)
Completed 21-of-29 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns for a passer rating of 118.5 at Miami (9/18)
Became the Texans’ all-time completions leader as he completed 22-of-39 passes for a 373 yards, three touchdowns and an interception at New Orleans (9/25)
Finished 14-of-21 for 138 yards, one touchdown and a passer rating of 100.9 vs. Pittsburgh (10/2)
Threw for a season-high 416 yards and two touchdowns vs. Oakland (10/9)
Completed 21-of-37 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown at Baltimore (10/16)
Connected on 18-of-23 passes for 296 yards and two touchdowns with a 147.7 passer rating at Tennessee (10/23)
Threw for 225 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for his first touchdown of the season on a 2-yard run to cap off the opening drive vs. Jacksonville (10/30)
Ran in a touchdown for the second consecutive week vs. Cleveland (11/6)
Connected on 11-of-15 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns while setting a career-high and franchise record with a 154.9 passer rating at Tampa Bay (11/13)
Placed on injured reserve after suffering a foot injury against the Buccaneers (11/23)

2010 (Houston 16/16):
Named one of the offensive captains for the 2010 season and started all 16 games for the second consecutive season; throwing for 4,369 yards, 24 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a 92.0 passer rating for the season
Completed 38-of-52 passes for a career high 497 yards, three touchdowns, one interception and a passer rating of 114.0 at Washington (9/19), the Texans first overtime win in franchise history
Set a franchise record with his 60th touchdown pass as a Texan with his second touchdown pass at Oakland (10/3); completed 16-of-29 passes for 192 yards
Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week after completing 25-of-33 passes for 305 yards and two touchdowns, including an 11-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson with 28 seconds remaining to clinch the win vs. Kansas City (10/17)
Completed 22-of-32 passes for 314 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 121.1 at Jacksonville (11/14)
Completed 22-of-26 passes for 337 yards, two touchdowns and one interception at Philadelphia (12/2)
Threw for 394 yards, breaking David Carr’s franchise record of 13,391 passing yards vs. Baltimore (12/13); finished with three touchdown passes and two interceptions
Threw for 325 yards, two touchdowns and one interception at Tennessee (12/19)
Had his fourth consecutive 300-yard game, throwing for 310 yards, one touchdown and one interception at Denver (12/26)

2009 (Houston 16/16):
Finished the year with an NFL-best 4,770 passing yards, becoming the first Texans quarterback to lead the league in passing; passed for the sixth-most yards
Had 10 games with a QB rating of 90, topped 300 passing yards nine times, tying  for the second-most 300-yard games in a season in NFL history
Surpassed 10,000 passing yards as a Texan
Named AFC Offensive Palyer of the Week after completing 25-of-39 passes at Tennessee (9/20) for 357 yards, a career-high four touchdown passes and  a 127.8 passer rating
Set career highs for pass attempts and completions, going 35-of-50 for 371 yards and two touchdowns at Arizona (10/11)
Completed 28-of-40 passes for a season-high 392 yards and tied a career high with four touchdown passes at Cincinnati (10/18)
Set a Texans season record with his 17th touchdown pass and fifth 300-yard game passing when he completed 32-of-43 passes for 311 yards and one touchdown at Indianapolis (11/8); threw his 50th career touchdown pass to FB Vonta Leach for a seven-yard score in the first quarter
Completed 29-of-39 passes for 365 yards, two touchdowns and one interception vs. Seattle (12/13) for a passer rating of 109.5; his 336 yards at halftime were the third-most in the NFL since 1991
Threw for 367 yards and one touchdown at St. Louis (12/20) for his NFL-leading fifth game of at least 350 passing yards
Completed 24-of-39 passes for 303 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, giving him a passer rating of 92.1 vs. New England (1/3/10) and led the Texans back from a 27-13 fourth quarter deficit to give the Texans the first winning season in franchise history

2008 (Houston 11/11):
Started 11 games for the second consecutive year, going 6-5 in those starts
Threw for a career-high 3,043 yards and 15 touchdowns on 251-of-380 attempts while rushing for two touchdowns
Missed one game due to illness and four because of a knee injury suffered against Minnesota
Set franchise records for quarterback rating (92.7) and 300-yard passing games (4)
Had the fourth-best completion percentage in the NFL (66.1), was second in yards per pass attempt (8.01), fourth in passing yards per game (276.6) and his 92.7 passer rating was good for eighth in the League
Threw for 202 yards on 25-of-33 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions at Pittsburgh (9/7); also rushed for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, the first of his career
Completed 29-of-40 passes for 307 yards and three touchdowns at Jacksonville (9/28)
Completed 22-of-42 passes for 379 yards and one touchdown vs. Miami (10/12) and ran the ball four times for 15 yards, including the game-winning three-yard touchdown run with :07 left on the clock; his touchdown run capped the second game-winning drive of his career, rallying the Texans from a 28-23 deficit to a 29-28 win
Connected on 24-of-28 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns vs. Cincinnati (10/26) and set then-franchise records with a 144.0 passer rating  and 85.7 completion percentage
Named the AFC Offensive Player fo the Week after throwing for a career-high and franchise-record 414 yards on 28-of-42 passing and leading the third game-winning drive of his career and second of the season at Green Bay (12/7); guided the Texans 75 yards in nine plays to set up K Kris Brown’s game-winning 40-yard field goal
Completed 27-of-36 pass attempts for 328 yards and two touchdowns vs. Chicago (12/28)

2007 (Houston 11/11):
Started 11 games in his first season as a regular starter and finished 192-of-289 for 2,241 yards and nine touchdown passes and nine interceptions and a quarterback rating of 87.3
Missed portions of the season with a shoulder injury and concussion
Started his first game as a Texan vs. Kansas City (9/9) and finished 16-of-22 for 225 yards and a touchdown with a rating of 101.5; connected with WR Andre Johnson midway through the second quarter for a 77-yard touchdown, the longest touchdown toss of his career
Started at Carolina (9/16) and finished 20-of-28 for 227 yards and two touchdowns with a season-best rating of 119.2
Completed his last 14 pass attempts to finish 27-of-33 for 236 yards and a touchdown vs. Indianapolis (9/23); the completion streak was the second-longest in team history
Returned to Atlanta (9/30) against his former team and completed 28-of-40 passes for a career-high 317 yards and one touchdown pass and a 101.8 QB rating
Started vs. Miami (10/7) and was 20-of-34 for 294 yards; led the Texans on his first-ever game-winning drive, starting at the Texans’ 3-yard line and marching the team 59 yards on eight plays to set up K Kris Bown’s 57-yard game-winning field goal
Finished 21-of-33 for 293 yards and two touchdowns vs. New Orleans (11/11) and a passer rating of 112.3, his second-highest of the season
Finished 22-of-36 for 256 yards and two touchdowns at Cleveland (11/25) and recorded his third multi-touchdown game of the season

2006 (Atlanta 16/0):
Played in all 16 games for the second consecutive season as the primary backup to starting QB Michael Vick
Threw for 208 yards on 18-of-27 passing with one touchdown and two interceptions on the year
Saw his most extensive action of the year in the season finale at Philadelphia (12/31), completing 15-of-21 passes for 175 yards with one touchdown and one interception

2005 (Atlanta 16/1):
Played in every game with one start, completing 33-of-64 passes for 495 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions on the season
Rushed nine times for 76 yards (8.4 avg.)
Made second career start vs. New England (10/9) and completed 18-of-34 passes for 298 yards with three touchdowns and a 112.1 passer rating; led fourth-quarter comeback from 15-point deficit to tie the game at 28 with four minutes remaining
Played in the second half vs. Carolina (1/1/06) and completed 9-of-13 passes for 110 yards with one touchdown

2004 (Atlanta 6/1):
Saw action in six games with one start as a rookie and served as a backup to QB Michael Vick the remaining 10 games
Completed 33-of-70 passes for 330 yards with one touchdown and four interceptions
Made his first NFL start and completed 17-of-41 passes for 188 yards with two interceptions at New Orleans (11/28) and rushed four times for 21 yards
Filled in as a sub in the second quarter and completed 14-of-22 passes for 132 yards with one touchdown and one interception at Seattle (1/2/05)

COLLEGE:
Holds Virginia school career records for pass completions (716), attempts (1,069), passing yards (7,502), total offense yards (7,560), touchdown passes (56), 300-yard passing games (eight) and 200-yard passing games (20)
Completed 66.9 percent of his passes during his career, the second-best mark in NCAA Division 1-A history, topped only by Tim Couch of Kentucky (67.15 percent, 1996-98)
2003 Heisman Trophy candidate after being named the 2002 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year
Completed 281-of-403 passes for 2,952 yards, 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions as a senior, earning All-ACC first-team honors after being name ACC Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year as a junior

PERSONAL:
Lettered in football, baseball and basketball at East High School in his hometown of West Chester, Pa.
Completed 277-of-544 passes for 3,990 yards and 35 touchdowns during his career as he set school records for pass attempts, completions, yards per game and total yards for the Vikings
Participated in the Atlanta Falcons Coaches Academy in addition to various charity golf tournaments and community outreach programs in 2004
Born Matthew Rutledge Schaub in West Chester, Pa.
Married to Laurie and has three daughters, Madison (1) and twins, Makalya and Mackezie (newborn)